Cartridge belt or carrier.



APPLICATION FILED MAY10 Patented May 18, 1915.

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V. H. JENNINGS. CARTRIDGE BELT OR CARRIER.

APPLICATION FILED MAYIO, 1911.

Patented May 18, 1915.

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THE NORRIS PETERS CO. F'HOTO-LITHFL. WASHING TON. D. C.

vrcronn. JENNI cS, or woncnsrn'a, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR To MILLS wovEN oanrnrnen BELT coMPANY, or woncnsrnn, MASSACHUSETTS, A coriroim'rronor MASSACHUSETTS.

Application filed May 10, 191-1.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, VICTOR JENNINGS, a subject of thefKing of Great Britain, re-

siding atWVorcester, in the county of Worhad therein to the accompanying drawings.

The invention has relation to cartridgebelts and carriers, and other like articles ofwoven material having pockets furnished with covers'or flaps.

More particularly, it relates to those in which the cover or flap of a pocket consistsof a separate piece attached at one end thereof to the back wall of the pocket.

A general aim of the invention is to simplify the operations in assembling covers or flaps in connection with a pocket or Series of pockets and in attaching them in place, reduce the number of operations, and enable the work of assembling and that of attaching to be performed more conveniently and rapidly. V V

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which,

I Figure 1 shows a portion of a cartridgebelt or carrier embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a top view of the portion of belt or carrier that is shown in Fig. 1, the covers 0r flaps being omitted. Fig. 3 shows one of the covers or flaps of Fig. 1 separately. Fig. 4 is a view in vertical section in the plane indicated by the dotted line 4-4 of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 shows a portion of a cartridge-belt or carrier embodying the invention. Fig. 6 shows a portion of a cartridgebelt or carrier, but with differences in construction. Fig. 7 shows one of thecovers or flaps of Fig. 6 separately.

In the various figures of the drawings the I 1 pockets are marked A, A, and the portions of web with which they alternate are marked B, B. The respective covers or flaps are marked G in Figs. 1, 3 and l, O in' Fig; 5,

and C in Figs. 6 and 7. .In the case of each of the illustrated constructions the attaching portion of a cover or flap, 2'. 6., the lower end thereof, occupies a housing slit a. Such slit is shown located at the top of the belt or carrier, which is preferable, although the location may be varied in practice. The two thicknesses d, d, of material between which the housing slit em'sts are shown as integral Specification of Letters Patent.

pocket, untilthe extremity of such portion 'reachesthe bottom of the slit. This fixes,

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portions of the back D, Fig. 4, of the belt,

which is preferable but not invariable in practice. In Figs. 1 to 5.,the housing slit a is continuous and extends in both directions beyond the sidesof the'pockets of a belt or carrier. In Fig. 6'the continuity of the slit is lnterrupted by joining the two plies together in the Weaving, as at 0?, at middle distance between successive pockets, the openings being longer than the width of the pockets. 1 V 1 In assembling the. parts, the attaching portion of a cover or flap is pushed endwise into the housing slit in proper relation with the extent to which the cover or flap. canbe PatentedMay is, 1915 entered into the slit. To guide in setting the cover or flap widthwise in relation to the pocket, indicators may if desired. be provided in connection with thecover or flap and the back. wall of the pocket' These I lndicators may be provided by the process of weaving and may vary in-character,-number, and arrangement. Thedrawings represent each cover or flap as woven with a characteristic' line 0 extending lengthwise thereof, at midwidth thereof, and the" back wall of eaohpocket as woven with a corresponding line d at midwidth thereof. The twoline's c, d, register with each other when the cover or flap occupies the required position Width- 7 wise with relation to the pocket, and any l departure from such position will be indicated by the failure of the lines .to register properly. Thereby correct Setting of the cover orfiap'soithat the marginal portions thereof shall project equally far at the opposite sides of thepocket is providedfor. The indicating'line c of the cover or flap may be produced in the. Weaving through threads of distinguishingsize, materiaL'or other warp-threads are disposed in pairs in the employment of one or ymorewwarp the weaving, or of more than two warp-' threads side by side Woven as one; "orby change in the character of the weaving, 5

along such line. The indicating line d of theback wall of the pocket may be produced by achange in character of the weaving at such'line, orby dropping out a pick of weft, or'by putting in a double pick, or a pick ortwo of a different color. Or one or more threads of different size, material, or color,

inserted between them are all fastened together. This feature enables all the covers 0r flaps of a series of pockets to be secured in place in one operation by a straight-away line of stitches along the projecting upper marginal portion of the belt or carrier, without the inconvenience or difliculty and loss of speed which would be incident to pushing the loose front wall of each pocket in succession back out of the way of the stitching devices, and stitching across the top portion of one pocket at a time, between the closed sides of the pocket. An important saving in time and labor is thereby effected. The like advantages and saving are secured by the invention in cases in which other fastenings, such for instance as staples or rivets, are employed in lieu of the stitches E or in addition thereto, as I intend in some cases in practice. The upward extension of the back wall also facilitates the application of the rivets F, F, which are usually employed to assist in fasten-ing the flaps or covers to the said wall, inasmuch as the said rivets may be placed higher up than heretofore, which iseasier because of less interference of the front portions of the pockets with the riveting devices.

In Figs. 5, 6 and 7 of the drawings the covers or flaps are so much wider than the pockets that the proximate side-margins of adjoining covers or flaps overlap with each other to a material extent so long as the belt or carrier is in a straight 'or extended condition. When, however, the belt or carrier is bent or curved for use, the pockets are caused to diverge in different radial or substantially radial directions and thereby are spread apart so that the said side-margins are drawn away from each other and no longer overlap. Fig. 5 illustrates covers or flaps with their attaching portions in flat or straight condition inserted in a continuous housing slit, in which latter, as well as externally thereto, the side-margins of the covers or flaps are overlapped with each other. Figs. 6 and 7 illustrate covers or flaps with their attaching portions tapered by having the lower corners thereof folded or turned inward. In this construction the side-margins of the covers or flaps do not overlap within the housing slit, and the opposite thicknesses or plies (Z, d, may be joined together in the weaving, as at (P, between proximate pockets.

What is claimed as the'invention is:

1. A pocketed carrier woven with a pocket and having one of its web-portions for a portion of its depth in divided plies with a junction located above the bottom of the said pocket and with portions of said plies projecting above tie top of the opposite pocket-wall, and having combined with such web-por ions a cover-flap having its attaching end inserted between said plies, and fastening means engaging with the inserted portion above said top and attaching the cover-flap to the said web-portion.

2. A pocketed carrier woven with a series of pockets and having one of the web-portions of the respective pockets for a portion of the pocket-depth in divided plies with a junction located above the bottom of the pocket, and with portions of said plies projecting above the tops of the opposite pocket-walls, and having combined with the said web-portions cover-flap material having the attaching portion thereof inserted between said plies, and fastening means engaging with the inserted portion above said tops and attaching the cover-flap to the said web-portion.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

VICTOR H. JENNINGS. lWitnesses:

FRANK R. BAcroi-rnnnnn, .ROSA F. WooDoooK.

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